STRIDENT


Meaning of STRIDENT in English

■ adjective

1》 loud and harsh.

2》 presenting a point of view in an excessively forceful way.

3》 Phonetics sibilant.

Derivatives

stridency noun

~ly adverb

Origin

C17: from L. ~- , stridere 'creak'.

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